Capen Hill Visitor Center

Capen Hill Visitor Center is a building in Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, which is located on Capen Road. Capen Hill Visitor Center is situated near the nature reserve Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary, as well as near the pond Willow Pool.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary and Barefoot Cemetery.

Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary

Nature reserve

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Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary is an 86-acre non-profit nature reserve in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States. It is free and open to the public year-round, offering a series of walking trails and an educational visitor's center.

Barefoot Cemetery

Cemetery

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Barefoot Cemetery is situated 1 mile southwest of Capen Hill Visitor Center.

Masonic Home Trolley Station

Railway station

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Masonic Home Trolley Station is a railway station, which is situated 2 miles east of Capen Hill Visitor Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Sturbridge.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Sturbridge

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Sturbridge is a charming New England town of almost 10,000 people in southern Central Massachusetts approximately 60 miles west of Boston. Sturbridge is probably most famous for the Old Sturbridge Village living history museum.

American Optical Company Historic District

Neighborhood

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The American Optical Company Historic District encompasses a historic industrial complex on the Quinebaug River in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Located on roughly 80 acres east of downtown Southbridge, the complex was developed between the 1880s and 1950s by the American Optical Company, one of the largest manufacturers of eyewear at the turn of the 20th century. American Optical Company Historic District is situated 4½ miles south of Capen Hill Visitor Center.

Capen Hill Visitor Center

Type: Information
Address: 56 Capen Road
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.13589° or 42° 8′ 9″ north

Longitude

-72.00916° or 72° 0′ 33″ west

Operator

Capen Hill Nature Association, Inc.

Open location code

87J94XPR+98

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139935250

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights: Willow Pool and Capen Hill.

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